in the shower (drabble challenge 20: bare feet)
title: in the shower
author: me
word-count: 200
concrit: hit me
JaeJoong only cries in the shower. Because well, it is easier to break down when no one is watching. It’s easier when tepid rain camouflages salty droplets. Easier to fool yourself into thinking clean water can cleanse tainted emotion.
Warm arms (warm in a way boiling shower water can never compare) wrap around him, holding him up straight when his knees buckle and bare feet threaten to slide against wet tile. His back muscles relax from being startled into constriction and he melts against the other’s chest.
JaeJoong hopes his tears are hidden well enough among the clement raindrops and chokes on a tensed giggle. Maybe they were, because the other boy simply tightens his grip and kisses JaeJoong’s shoulder, breath unnaturally gentle against his fair skin.
Maybe it is enough, to keep him from his own extremities. The other boy is doing a good job of distracting JaeJoong from his thoughts, fingers caressing down his spine and a nose nuzzled against the crook of his neck. The older boy gives a shaky sigh and wonders if it’s not just another attempt to conceal himself; feigned relief.
For a moment, JaeJoong thinks Yunho might know. JaeJoong decides he doesn’t care.